Image: From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith- (6960859488)

Description: From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith: "At the corner of Church Lane, Holborn, there was a second-hand furniture dealer, whose business was a cross between that of a shop and a street stall. The dealer was never satisfied unless the weather allowed him to disgorge nearly the whole of his stock into the middle of the street, a method which alone secured the approval and custom of his neighbours. As a matter of fact, the inhabitants of Church Lane were nearly all what I may term “street folks” – living, buying, selling, transacting all their business in the open street. It was a celebrated resort for tramps and costers of every description." For the full story, and other photographs and commentaries, follow this link and click through to the PDF file at the bottom of the description http://archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=SR+1146
Title: From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith- (6960859488)
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